The Green Century Funds and others, including Chelsea Clinton and Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, will celebrate the five-year anniversary of the Tobacco Free Finance Pledge at a United Nations event in mid-September.
The Funds joined other financial firms on May 31 by renewing its commitment to the Tobacco-Free Finance Pledge for tobacco-free portfolios, helping raise awareness on how tobacco harms our planet and our public health.
Our nonprofit owners, the Public Interest Research Group, also have launched a campaign to highlight how vape waste pollutes our environment with toxins, tobacco, and metals. Cigarette filters and other tobacco products degrade the environment, with more than 4.5 trillion discarded butts littering our beaches, parks and other public places. Banning second-hand smoke from public places, and other tobacco control measures currently protect seven out of ten people, according to a recent WHO article.
For decades, Green Century Funds have offered tobacco-free investment options along with other screens that exclude fossil fuels, weapons, nuclear power, GMOs (genetically modified organisms), and other industries that harm our environment, health, and safety.
The Tobacco Free Finance Pledge has grown since its inception in 2018. Currently, there are about 200 signatories around the globe, representing more than $16 trillion in assets under management.
By investing with Green Century Funds, which exclude tobacco and other environmentally harmful products and practices, you can help create a healthier, tobacco-free future for all.
A sustainable investment strategy which incorporates environmental, social and governance criteria may result in lower or higher returns than an investment strategy that does not include such criteria.
°Green Century Capital Management, Inc. (Green Century) is the investment advisor to the Green Century Funds (the Funds).
The Green Century Funds are a family of fossil fuel-free, environmentally responsible mutual funds. Green Century Capital Management hosts an award-winning and in-house shareholder advocacy program and is the only mutual fund company in the U.S. wholly owned by environmental and public health nonprofit organizations.
You should carefully consider the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses before investing. To obtain a Prospectus that contains this and other information about the Funds please visit www.greencentury.com, email info@greencentury.com, or call 1-800-934-7336. Please read the Prospectus carefully before investing.
Stocks will fluctuate in response to factors that may affect a single company, industry, sector, country, region or the market as a whole and may perform worse than the market. Foreign securities are subject to additional risks such as currency fluctuations, regional economic and political conditions, differences in accounting methods, and other unique risks compared to investing in securities of U.S. issuers. Bonds are subject to a variety of risks including interest rate, credit, and inflation risk. A sustainable investment strategy which incorporates environmental, social and governance criteria may result in lower or higher returns than an investment strategy that does not include such criteria.
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